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Zanu-PF youths die en route to Mnangagwa's birthday bash

Two Zanu-PF youth members tragically lost their lives on Monday in a head-on collision while travelling to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 83rd birthday celebrations in Zvishavane.The victims, both female party activists, were aboard a doub…

Published: 19 hrs ago | 235 | by Staff reporter

1,4 million youths jobless in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is grappling with a staggering 1,4 million unemployed youths, a figure United Nations resident and humanitarian co-ordinator Edward Kallon described as "disturbing" during the launch of the United for Youth Inclusion programme in …

Published: 29 Aug 2025 at 05:48hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter

Youths defends Tagwirei

The Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) has come out strongly in defence of prominent businessman Reginald Kuda Tagwirei, denouncing what it describes as a "desperate smear campaign" launched by former cabinet ministers Saviour Kasukuwer…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 18:32hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe youths push for quota system in local authorities

Young people across Zimbabwe are calling for the establishment of a youth quota system in local authorities, a move they say would significantly enhance youth representation and participation in governance structures.The push gained moment…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 10:15hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter

Rogue youths target, rape elderly women

A disturbing wave of sexual violence has rocked the normally quiet Chirau area in Zvimba, where a network of rogue youths has been sneaking into the homes of elderly women and committing rapes, leaving the community in shock.The grim revel…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:34hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter

Youths disrupt war veterans press conference in Zimbabwe

A press conference by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in Bulawayo was abruptly disrupted by a group of unidentified men who claimed to have booked the same venue for their own business meeting.The group, …

Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 12:54hrs | 4685 | by Staff reporter

Luthuli Dlamini targets Zimbabwe youths

Renowned Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-based veteran actor Luthuli Dlamini has returned to Bulawayo, where his acting career began 30 years ago, to mentor and train aspiring young actors.Speaking in an interview this week, Dlamini said he wa…

Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:33hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter

Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals

VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabhambadzi, raided villagers in what is bel…

Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Sindiso Mazibisa rallies Zimbabwean youths

In a passionate speech delivered at a youth capacity meeting, Sindiso Mazibisa, a board member of the National Youth Development Trust, rallied Zimbabwean youth to recognize their power and potential in shaping the future of their nation. …

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:11hrs | 21 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Machakaire rallies Zanu-PF youths

Youths must jealously safeguard their future by uniting in denouncing and taking action against the scourge of drug and substance abuse, Zanu-PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Tino Machakaire has said.Addressing hundreds of youths during the …

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa hands Matabeleland South youths 10ha plots

Ms Lilian Mhlanga (28) from Insiza District is among 60 youths from Matabeleland South Province who have been awarded permits for 10 hectare A2 plots under the Presidential 10-hectare Scheme, which seeks to empower young people with land.T…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

More land for Zimbabwe youth

GOVERNMENT is working on modalities to ensure more land is made available for the youths to improve productivity and kill idleness in this critical demographic group.Speaking during the Zanu-PF provincial interdistrict meeting at Mbizo Sta…

Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Unfulfilled election promises frustrate Zimbabwe youths

SOME youths in Bulawayo doubt that elections will better their lives, citing failed promises by politicians and the government over the years.A survey by Southern Eye Weekender showed that there is general disinterest in the upcoming elect…

Published: 13 May 2023 at 19:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mashonaland youths get farms

Twenty-one youths from Mashonaland West Province received A2 Permits under the Presidential 10ha Scheme that seeks to mainstream the participation of youths in agriculture and form a key pillar in the transition of land holders from subsis…

Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

ZANU PF makes way for the young blood in politics

When young people are marginalized or disengaged from political processes, it means a significant portion of the population has little to no voice or influence in the decision making processes that affect them.For political systems to be r…

Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 14:21hrs | 1 | by Grace Zvavamwe

Youth blend in Zanu-PF candidates excites observers

The election season is upon us.It is an exciting time for the electorate and aspiring candidates for both parliamentary and local authority elections.While other political parties are yet to hold internal elections to select representative…

Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Ranga Mataire

Youths expected in Lupane for Mugabe day

THOUSANDS of youths from Matabeleland region and the Midlands province are expected to attend the National Youth Day celebrations that will be headlined by President Mnangagwa in Lupane today.The day is celebrated every year on February 21…

Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe youths denied right to speak'

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba has been chosen to attend Obama Foundation's Democracy Forum in the United States.The Obama Leaders programme was launched in 2018 to support and connect emerging…

Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Half of Zimbabwe youths loafing'

ABOUT half of Zimbabwean youths are loafing, the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 second quarter labour force survey has revealed, laying bare the job crisis facing the country.Results of the ZimStat survey that wa…

Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

ZANU PF youths chase after police

Over 100 ZANU PF youths in Mazowe West (Concession) allegedly chased after Police officers who were guarding a recovered 15 truck loaded with gold ore at  Zawadi mine , Concession.The youths were wearing ZANU PF tshirts and alleged th…

Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 21:06hrs | 12 | by Paul Ndou

Zimbabwe youths seen as key to 2023 ballot

ELECTION watchdog Project Launch 263 says results of the country's 2023 general elections will be largely influenced by the youth vote.Project Launch 263 launched a voter education and mobilisation campaign in the capital yesterday targeti…

Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Youths disrupt National Youth Service hearings

THE public hearing meeting on National Youth Service that was held in Bulawayo yesterday ended prematurely after violence broke out.Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture is going around the country gathering public …

Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's young generation robbed of its future

IT is with a heavy heart that I pen about an educated generation whose future is uncertain, their tomorrow has nothing to offer more than stress and confusion.More than 30 000 students graduate from tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe each y…

Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Disgusted graduate

Youths advised to promote unity

Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day anniversary today and President Mnangagwa has called on youths to promote unity as it forms the basis of the country's development.The President said this in his weekly column in The Sunday Mai…

Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga calls on youths to lead clean-ups

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday called on all citizens, particularly youths, to participate in the National Environment Clean-Up campaign to help transform environs in urban areas in line with Vision 2030.Leading this month's…

Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Stop abusing youth, political bigwigs told

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been urged to put in place measures to stop political parties from using young people as conduits of political violence.The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) made the call yest…

Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Govt must take care of youths

ECONOMIC Justice for Women Project (EJWP) joins Zimbabwe in commemorating the National Youth Day, a day meant to celebrate the efforts made by young people in building the country.The theme for this year is.The youth in Zimbabwe constitute…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:53hrs | 10 | by EJWP

Reckless drinking is destroying the youths

Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass of beer, so the seasoned drinker or connoisseur is always topping up the glass with more beer after every swig. Not so with 'Musombo' or 'Kambwa', one just raises the 200mls plastic co…

Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:43hrs | 8 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Lack of IDs haunts Matebeleland youths

After dropping out of school because of financial constraints, 20-year-old Cephas Dube from tsukuru village in Bulilima district decided to seek employment in the informal sector.Without money to board buses, he walked for more than 30 kil…

Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths gun for party bigwigs

Zanu-PF youths in Manicaland province are plotting to invade farms belonging to the ruling party's secretary for finance Patrick Chinamasa and former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, it has emerged.The youths from Headlands and…

Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths grab Gweru markets

Zanu-PF youths in the Midlands capital have forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Mtapa market with city fathers failing to take action against them for fear of reprisals, The NewsHawks can report.Gweru City Council created the t…

Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF youths target bigwigs' farms

Zanu-PF youths in Headlands are reportedly eyeing farms allocated to party bigwigs in the constituency, among them former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former Agriculture minister Joseph Made, which they claim are oversized.Last F…

Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says youths will be prioritised in new land offers

Youths will be prioritised when the Government begins redistributing vacant and underutilised land that has been identified through the recent land audit, President Mnangagwa has said.In his eulogy at the burial of former Zimbabwe Republic…

Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe youths being robbed of the prime'

ZIMBABWE is now a sad story where youths have been robbed of a whole generation of prime time, the selfexiled director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Hanana has claimed.Hanana who skipped the country at the height of State-spon…

Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Some rural shops have rendered e-wallets redundant

Most rural traders and general dealer shop owners order their goods from N. Richards and Mahomed Mussa Wholesalers where they buy using e-wallets. On reaching the countryside they fleece the masses demanding US$ only sighting 'difficult so…

Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:03hrs | | by Tondo

May churches play their part in taming the youths

The 'cheap', but very cheap spirits (alcohol) on sale countrywide, do authorities or those tasked to do quality control aware of their production or importation? The beverages are competing well if not very badly with the illicit local bre…

Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Tondo

Alcohol and drugs are ruining the youths

For many a youth today alcohol is their strongest weakness. Some think the wise waters can provide refuge and comfort from the prevailing hardships yet the opposite is the gospel truth. Many promising soccer stars and students have failed …

Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 4 | by Thomas Murisa

Zimbabwe youths win Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge

A group of four Zimbabweans has won $20 000 in the Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge for a technology platform they designed to provide easy access to quality educational materials with a mission to provide affordable materials to every…

Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: MDC Chamisa youths had a pistol and killed 2 people

EX-MDC MP Gabriel Chaibva returned Tuesday to haunt his erstwhile colleagues through sensational claims they armed some party youths to kill two people during the August 1 post-electoral violence.Chaibva was making submissions before the K…

Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by newzimbabwe

Let's engage as the youths

ELECTIONS have come and gone and remarkably Zimbabwean youths participated in large numbers to shape their future, something we, as the Zanu-PF Youth League, believe is testimony to the fact that we are up there on governance and national …

Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Pupurai Togarepi

Zimbabwe youths use wisdom during harmoniesed elections

The purpose of the elections is to elect the few elite people who can represent us in the places of authority. The money in the world can make you rich and all the power in the world can make you strong, but these things can not make you a…

Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere

Open letter to fellow young Zimbabweans

Dear young women and men of Zimbabwe, I feel the urgency to communicate to you on this day, and through this letter on three things; the state of our country, the prospects for the future, and what each one of us must do today to better ou…

Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 10:44hrs | | by Clive Chiridza

Young idiots

When our youths in politics parrot the yesteryear dreams of the old as their hope for a better future then you know you are in trouble. Political slogans are dead.When the young cannot find the audacity  to converge amongst themselves…

Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Vince Musewe

Mugabe to meet Zanu-PF youths

ZANU-PF First Secretary and party leader President Mugabe is set to visit provinces next month to have an appreciation of the challenges facing youths, as he seeks to interface with young people across the country.The first meeting has bee…

Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

LISTEN: Youths being used by older politicians, says Nkosana Moyo

"It's not my generation that goes around beating up people, it's your age group that does that. But when you look at why you do it, and whose agenda you are fulfilling, it's not your agenda, it's not things that are going to help you as a …

Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 14:55hrs | | by Online

Taxpayers and the youth will get a government they deserve in 2018

Are we truly equal to exercise the democratic right to vote and in determining government policy? The answer to that is clearly that we are not. It is judicious in the Zimbabwean context to opine that the taxpayer and the youth should idea…

Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 11:53hrs | 1 | by Brian Sedze

'Bigger force behind misguided youths'

A BIGGER force is behind the baiting of some Zanu-PF youth members to destabilise the party and those being used will be uprooted from the party, says the national secretary for youth affairs, Pupurai Togarepi.Addressing thousands of peopl…

Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 08:06hrs | | by Cletus Mushanawani

Equip the youths and protect the country

Reaction tendencies that have characterised opposition political parties in Africa, simply tells a tale of foreign influenced decisions that are counterproductive and anti people to say the least.Without necessarily prophesying ignorance o…

Published: 11 Mar 2015 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Caitlin Kamba

Zimbabwean youths want jobs not Border Gezi

President Robert Mugabe recently announced the re-establishment of the youth service.The last memory Zimbabweans have of the initiative is of a militant Zanu-PF aligned gang infamous for terrrorising the defenseless citizens during electio…

Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 12:07hrs | 1 | by Musavengana Hove

Mugabe begs youths

President Mugabe has urged youths to follow the revolutionary footsteps of Zanu-PF.Speaking to a delegation of Zimbabwe Congress of Students Unions (Zicosu) led by their University of Zimbabwe leader Mr Charles Munganasa who paid a courtes…

Published: 30 Apr 2013 at 03:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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